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After all, its closest cousin, Estonia is, right? Also, genetically speaking, Estonians, Finns, Latvians and Lithuanians are all very close. Why not consider Finland a Baltic state instead of Scandinavian? I think Finland has a lot more in common with Estonia than it does with say Denmark.
Between 1918 and 1920 in the aftermath of World War I, following centuries of foreign domination, the Baltic countries were established as independent nations. For a relatively-short time following 1918, Finland was considered to be one of the Baltic States - since it too had emerged from Russian domination along with the other three countries under similar circumstances. Today however, Finland is more often grouped within the Nordic countries.
From wikipedia.
I think the 'Baltic States' is a grouping within the context of Russian rule and while Finland was involved, as mentioned, Finland also had/has strong ties to Norden.
Depending on context, at least Estonia could, in a certain context, also be linked to Norden through its Finnic connection, albeit tangentially.
After all, its closest cousin, Estonia is, right? Also, genetically speaking, Estonians, Finns, Latvians and Lithuanians are all very close. Why not consider Finland a Baltic state instead of Scandinavian? I think Finland has a lot more in common with Estonia than it does with say Denmark.
Finland isn't Scandinavian. That is a very common misconception.
Well the cultural ties to Sweden are quite strong, a long time ago this piece of land has been under Swedish rule. We have a lot of cultural ties to Estonia too, but not a whole lot, in fact not much at all to the other two Baltic states.
After all, its closest cousin, Estonia is, right? Also, genetically speaking, Estonians, Finns, Latvians and Lithuanians are all very close. Why not consider Finland a Baltic state instead of Scandinavian? I think Finland has a lot more in common with Estonia than it does with say Denmark.
Who cares what you think? Finns have very little in common with a country that has spent most of its time as part of the Soviet collectivist state. In spite of any linguistic or genetic familiarity with Estonia, Finland has a cultural commonality with the West.
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